Aerosol health, environmental, and climate impacts
Planetary atmospheres
Selected Awards
JPL Magellan Award (2016)
NASA Group Achievement Award, AirMSPI Team (2012, 2014, 2017)
AAAR Benjamin Liu Award (2011)
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for aerosol scientific leadership (2006)
One NASA Peer Award (2005)
NASA Space Act Award for MISR Top-of-Atmosphere/Cloud product generation (2003)
NASA Space Act Award for MISR Aerosol/Surface product generation (2003)
NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal for MISR (2001)
NASA Group Achievement Award for MISR Team (2001)
NASA Group Achievement Award for AirMISR Team (2001)
Citation from the Editor of Icarus for excellence in reviewing (1993)
AIAA Achievement Award in Atmospheric Science (1990)
NASA Group Achievement Award Pioneer Venus Orbiter Science Team (1980) NASA Group Achievement Award, AirMSPI Team (2012)
Selected Publications
Selected Publications (from over 130)
Meng, X., M.J. Garay, D.J. Diner, O.V. Kalashnikova, J. Xu, and Y. Liu (2018). Estimating PM2.5 speciation concentrations using prototype 4.4 km resolution MISR aerosol properties over Southern California. Atmos. Environ. 181, 70-81.
Xu, F., G. van Harten, D.J. Diner, A.B. Davis, F. Seidel, B. Rheingans, M. Tosca, M. Alexandrov, B. Cairns, R. Ferrare, S. Burton, M. Fenn, C. Hostetler, R. Wood, and J. Redemann (2018). Coupled retrieval of liquid water cloud and aerosol above cloud properties using the Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI). J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos. 123, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027926.
Liu, Y. and D.J. Diner (2017). Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols: A satellite investigation to benefit public health. Publ. Health Rep.132, 14-17.
Xu, F, G. van Harten, D.J. Diner, O.V. Kalashnikova, F.C. Seidel, C.J. Bruegge, and O. Dubovik (2017). Coupled retrieval of aerosol properties and land surface reflection using the Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI). J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos. 122, 7004-7026.
Diner, D.J. and M.J. Garay (2016). Looking back, looking forward: Scientific and technological advances in multiangle imaging of aerosols and clouds. Proc. Int. Rad. Symp. 1810, 020001-1 - 020001-8; doi:10.1063/1.4975497.
Diner, D.J., F. Xu, M.J. Garay, J.V. Martonchik, B.E. Rheingans, S. Geier, A. Davis, B.R. Hancock, V.M. Jovanovic, M.A. Bull, K. Capraro, R.A. Chipman, and S.C. McClain (2013). The Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI): a new tool for aerosol and cloud remote sensing. Atmos. Meas. Tech. 6, 2007-2025.
Diner, D.J., F. Xu, J.V Martonchik, B.E. Rheingans, S. Geier, V.M. Jovanovic, A. Davis, R.A. Chipman, and S.C. McClain (2012). Exploration of a polarized surface bidirectional reflectance model using the Ground-based Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager. Atmosphere 3, 591-619.
Diner, D.J., A. Davis, B. Hancock, S. Geier, B. Rheingans, V. Jovanovic, M. Bull, D.M. Rider, R.A. Chipman, A. Mahler, and S.C. McClain (2010). First results from a dual photoelastic modulator-based polarimetric camera. Appl. Opt. 49, 2929-2946.
Diner, D.J., B.H Braswell, R. Davies, N. Gobron, J.N. Hu, Y.F. Jin, R.A. Kahn, Y. Knyazikhin, N. Loeb, J-P. Muller, A.W. Nolin, B. Pinty, C.B. Schaaf, G. Seiz, and J. Stroeve (2005). The value of multiangle measurements for retrieving structurally and radiatively consistent properties of clouds, aerosols, and surfaces. Rem. Sens. Environ. 97, 495-518.
Diner, D.J., J.V. Martonchik, R.A. Kahn, B. Pinty, N. Gobron, D.L. Nelson, and B.N. Holben (2005). Using angular and spectral shape similarity constraints to improve MISR aerosol and surface retrievals over land. Rem. Sens. Environ. 94, 155-171.
Diner, D.J. and 23 coauthors (2004). Progressive Aerosol Retrieval and Assimilation Global Observing Network (PARAGON): An integrated approach for characterizing aerosol climatic and environmental interactions. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 85, 1491-1501.
Diner, D.J., J.C. Beckert, G.W. Bothwell, J.I. Rodriguez (2002). Performance of the MISR instrument during its first 20 months in Earth orbit. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 40, 1449-1466.
Diner, D.J., L.M. Barge, C.J. Bruegge, T.G. Chrien, J.E. Conel, M.L. Eastwood, J.D. Garcia, M.A. Hernandez, C.G. Kurzweil, W.C. Ledeboer, N.D. Pignatano, C.M. Sarture, and B.G. Smith (1998). The Airborne Multi-angle SpectroRadiometer (AirMISR): instrument description and first results. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. 36, 1339-1349.
Diner, D.J., J.C. Beckert, T.H. Reilly, C.J. Bruegge, J.E. Conel, R. Kahn, J.V. Martonchik, T.P. Ackerman, R. Davies, S.A.W. Gerstl, H.R. Gordon, J-P. Muller, R. Myneni, R.J. Sellers, B. Pinty, and M.M. Verstraete (1998). Multiangle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) description and experiment overview. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem.Sens. 36, 1072-1087.